Felipa Lara was born in Pecos Texas in 1946. In Pecos, she went to East Pecos Junior High and Pecos High School. All her schooling up to high school was within segregated schools. Lara married at seventeen and moved to Midland in 1962. In Midland, Felipa worked for the school district, particularly in the district’s migrant program. When LULAC was founded in Midland (1985), Lara joined the group as LULAC sued for single member districts at the county, city, school board, and college board levels. Overall, Lara worked within social services for Midland Independent school district for twenty-seven years. Lara also participated in anti-police brutality alongside Brown Berets in Midland during the 1990s.

Rachel Stone, the daughter of Felipa Lara, was born and raised in Midland, Texas. She attended Travis Elementary in the city’s minority majority south side, Alamo Junior High, and graduated from Midland High School in 1984. After high school, Stone worked for the FDIC and then began to work for the Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, where she has been for twenty-four years; she is now the CEO/Director of the chamber. Stone has also served on committees for Midland Independent School District.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.

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